Grand Opening of Haliburton's First Church plus Canada's First Secret Service

15/12/2023 14 min
Grand Opening of Haliburton's First Church plus Canada's First Secret Service

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Episode Synopsis

This week, two stories that originated in the mid 1860's - the grand opening of Haliburton villages first church (it didn't work out quite as planned) plus the creation of Canada's first undercover secret service agency (the Western Frontier Constabulary) to deal with fallout from the US Civil War then the Fenian threat.
Kate Butler is the Director of the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Paul Vorvis is the host of the Your Haliburton Morning Show 7 - 9 a.m. Fridays on Canoe FM 100.9 and streaming on your devices. Haliburton County is in cottage country about 2 1/2 hours north of Toronto. You can contact us at [email protected]